Yelich out for year, back surgery needed

[Brian]

https://www.wisn.com/article/brewers-christian-yelich-out-for-season-to-undergo-back-surgery/61891745

[HarveysWBs]

[edfunderburk]

2025 is going to be incredible 

I hope Yelich recovers completely & returns as our full time DH

I also hope Black can contribute for the remainder of 2024

[liveforoctober]

Not completely unexpected, still hurts to hear :(

[folly412]

 

[Dragonbait]

[torts]

2025 is going to be bonkers he's coming back and gunna crush it

[adambr2]

Brewer fans: "This is the best day ever!"

Yeli logging into his social media accounts: "LOL, not so fast"

[Brewcrew82]

This year has been playing with house money anyways. Just continue to ride the kids and the 9 game lead, and we'll see where it takes us. I'm having fun watching as opposed to having any real expectations. 

[yourout]

1 hour ago, torts said:

2025 is going to be bonkers he's coming back and gunna crush it

Hope so but backs can be a real tricky adventure and playing Major League baseball's a little bit different than being a car mechanic.

[liveforoctober]

37 minutes ago, yourout said:

Hope so but backs can be a real tricky adventure and playing Major League baseball's a little bit different than being a car mechanic.

I think Yelich will have to put up a huge fight to play any outfield next year if he comes back healthy. We are so deep and young in the OF and Yeli fills the DH spot so well. We need to bubble wrap him for the rest of his time here...

[torts]

7 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

I think Yelich will have to put up a huge fight to play any outfield next year if he comes back healthy. We are so deep and young in the OF and Yeli fills the DH spot so well. We need to bubble wrap him for the rest of his time here...

I think the kids have shown they have OF covered. 

[TURBO]

1 hour ago, liveforoctober said:

I think Yelich will have to put up a huge fight to play any outfield next year if he comes back healthy. We are so deep and young in the OF and Yeli fills the DH spot so well. We need to bubble wrap him for the rest of his time here...

Yup, logical move.

The silver lining is that it's a good way to get him out of the outfield, and be the daily DH from next year on.

Another silver lining, we don't have to look for another mid tier bat to be our DH next year, Yeli will have it covered.

All that aside, what a kick in the crotch for this year though.

[adambr2]

Yelich's career has paralleled Braun's in a whole lot of ways. 

MVP level player that fell off some, huge extension that he didn't really live up to but that wasn't as much of a disaster as it is often thought, but really struggled with injuries in his 30s, especially with his back. 

[Ignitor 4ever]

Not unexpected.  As soon as the word "surgery" began being thrown around the writing for this season was on the wall.  I agree that Yelich should be the DH next year, assuming he can make it back.  Pretty potent line up taking form for 2025 if Yelich can regain what he was showing this year.

[CheezWizHed]

13 hours ago, Brewcrew82 said:

This year has been playing with house money anyways. Just continue to ride the kids and the 9 game lead, and we'll see where it takes us. I'm having fun watching as opposed to having any real expectations. 

True.  After Corbin and Woodruff in the offseason, I always assumed this would be a pseudo rebuild year (maybe a 500 team).  But we are in first place while "rebuilding'. 

Chourio just became our top offensive player - perhaps sooner than expected.

Frelick and Turang have stabilized as high D, decent offense players.

Joey Ortiz looks like our long term 3B solution. 

Rea had developed as a strong SP.

Myers came out of nowhere like Rea.

Civale gives decent depth.

Gasser looked like he was MLB ready.  He and Woody coming back next year should really make the SP rotation strong.  Freddie's performance has really been the only disappointment this year. 

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

If there were any year for Yelich to bring his 1st baseman's glove to Spring Training, 2025 would be it.

[Sixtolezcano]

52 minutes ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

If there were any year for Yelich to bring his 1st baseman's glove to Spring Training, 2025 would be it.

With a bad (or surgically repaired) back,I highly doubt it.

[tmwiese55]

Could actually be a reason for Contreras to get a 1B glove so he can do that on his rest days and potentially still have both him and Yeli in the lineup 

ETA: double checked Yeli has 4 year at 22 per year left on his deal after this year. Figured that might save some others a google.  Not brutal and its getting close to the end.  Some complications due to deferred payments and buyout at the end but that's generally where its at 

[Dragonbait]

Anyone else feel like it's kinda like Sheets in '11?

[torts]

1 hour ago, Dragonbait said:

Anyone else feel like it's kinda like Sheets in '11?

No the Braun compar is way more on point, especially when you remember the rumors* of using in tunnel monitors to gain advantages at the plate right before he signed that extension 

 

 

(* I don't care, just like I don't care Braun ate the wrong gummies)

[markedman5]

 

[markedman5]

 

[Underachiever]

After six months of “grit my teeth and hold on to my chair” pain, I had a discectomy in 2009. I had done steroids, traction, PT, rest. Nothing helped. The day after my surgery I got out of bed, and it was fixed. Pain gone. I hope Yelich has the same result. 
 

Full disclosure: I am not a professional athlete making 20+ million per year, so I realize the stakes are different.

[Stealofhome]

44 minutes ago, Underachiever said:

After six months of “grit my teeth and hold on to my chair” pain, I had a discectomy in 2009. I had done steroids, traction, PT, rest. Nothing helped. The day after my surgery I got out of bed, and it was fixed. Pain gone. I hope Yelich has the same result. 
 

Full disclosure: I am not a professional athlete making 20+ million per year, so I realize the stakes are different.

What was the recovery like? I'm wondering what the 6 months between now and March looks like for Yelich.